IDF launches massive 3-day drill, calls up thousands of reservists

 

Exercise will test military’s ability to transition to emergency mode; Hundreds of thousands of reservists will receive telephone message.

The IDF General Staff launched a large-scale, three day drill on Monday, testing the military’s ability to rapidly transition itself from routine activities to an emergency war footing.

Over the course of the drill, hundreds of thousands of IDF reservists will receive mock telephone messages asking them to confirm that the call-up system works, and thousands of reservists will be physically called up to bases at short notice.